California Air Resources Board presenting new ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is holding a workshop in Sacramento to present its newly developed program aimed at getting old, polluting vehicles off the road.
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The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program, developed in consultation with the Bureau of Automotive Repair, would provide about $30 million annually – through 2015 – to expand California’s existing voluntary vehicle retirement program.
Two key points to the program include expanding the existing statewide program, so vehicles no longer would be subjected to a smog check and the requirement that they must fail the emissions test to participate. Second, additional compensation would be made available to targeted consumers in areas with the most severe air quality problems. This would provide an incentive to retire vehicles that are probably the worst polluters and to purchase newer, cleaner vehicles.
These new monies would only be used for retiring vehicles and would not include a repair option. The current program does include a repair option, and it will continue as long as the current program is in effect.
To learn more about the newly proposed program and workshop, go to the legislative Web site of the Automotive Service Association, www.TakingTheHill.com.
